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Saving Main Street From Its Downward Pandemic Spiral

PYMNTS

It’s why recommendations are consistently ranked by consumers as one of the most important features a merchant can offer an online shopper, why merchants gladly oblige and why brands strive to make products that are consistently ranked high by consumers. Saving Main Street. Even more of them are closing.

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Retail Pulse: Nike Opens Atlanta SNKRS Pop-Up; FAO Schwarz Plans London Store

PYMNTS

Big brands are opening pop-up shops chock full of digital commerce technology and experiences for fans, and Nike is no exception. Between its flagship and pop-up shop, brands like Nike are incorporating mobile payments along with experiences into their new retail spaces as they head into a digital future.

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Protein Bar And Kitchen Customers Earn Loyalty Points No Matter How They Pay

PYMNTS

The new app is powered by LevelUp , a mobile payments platform created by Boston startup SCVNGR and the force behind PYMNTS’ mobile order-ahead tracker. We’re a dietary-sensitive brand,” said Rettker. Protein Bar had to fight an uphill battle against people’s perception of fast food when the company first launched in 2009.

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Uber Of X: Paintzen, On-Demand Home Painting

PYMNTS

Based in New York, the business is now in seven other cities — Boston, Washington, D.C., So we founded a marketplace for home cleaning called MyClean in 2009. When you look at the actual business model, we’re investing in the brand experience, building logistics and software and pricing technology. Got a good story?

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

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Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off. RadioShack.

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In Favor Of Delivery: The Growing Omnichannel Store-To-Door Ecosystem

PYMNTS

However, as smartphones ascended to ubiquity – and on-demand sharing services like Uber (launched in 2009) became the norm – new options began to emerge. We need to be an extension of our partners’ service and brand.”. All three need to work in balance in order to make the service perfect.

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Why Contextual Commerce Is The Next Big Thing

PYMNTS

In 2009, Uber’s innovation was to match up black car drivers with downtime and consumers fed up with the uncertainty of not being able to reliably get a ride when they needed one. Another study done by a Boston University professor suggested that music itself is a marketing platform for alcohol. And the more money they make.

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